The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-05-14
LITERARY MATTERS.

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LEGATION, and its good will, plates, etc,
passed into the hands of the Century Co., of
New York, who will fill unexpired subscrip-
tons with The Century Magazine. Two
years ago, The Southern Biuouoc, which had
been the Journal of the Southern Historical
Society, was purchased by B. f. Avery g.
Sons, of Louisville. 1t has been creditable
representative of Southern letters, its con-
tents consisting largely of articles on the
civil war.
Discoveries are being constantly made in
the line of prehistoric antiquities. The
american Antiquarian has for its object TO
keep complete record of these discoveries
whether made in this country or the far East
Any one who desires to keep up with the ad-
vance of learning in Archaeology should take
the magazine. Subjects of great interest ara
discussed in its pages mainly subjects con
corning the origin of man and the growth of
society. Many curious facts are brought out
We recommend the journal TO our readers.
Under the alliterative title, Celebrities of
the Century," Messrs. CasseIl & Company
which has been in course of preparation for
some time past. As the title implies, it is
biographical dictionary of the century, con-
tanning condensed accounts of the lives of
every man aud woman who has won distinc-
tion during the years from 1900 to 1887, no
matter what quarter of the globe they may
be native Of This work, which ia in one
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edited by Lloyd @. Sanders, of Christ Church,
Oxford. Among the principal contributors
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Buxton Forman, DR.. f. j. Furnivall, DIR. r.
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G. Barnett Smith, Prof. Andrew Seth, and
Mr.. f. Wedmore. The American celebrities
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vision of we'll known American writer's.
An American edition of Prof. F. Max Null
ler's latest work, "The Science of Thought"
is about to be brought out in two volumes by
Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons, who will
publish it in style uniform with the Oxford
philosophers other works issued by them.
The work contains notable exposition of the
relations existing between thought and Ian
guage in which the author discusses the the
DRY which ne holds to be true, that language
is the true history of the human mind, as it
| is likewise the only barrier between man and
beast.
| Mark Twain has struck bonanza in "Eng-
lish as She is Taught" He is now reading
extracts from it on all occasions, and he has
written one of the funniest articles he ever
wrote describing it in the April Century.
When he sent the Ms. of this article to the
editor of The Century with the request that it
be printed in the April number, which appears
on the first day of that month, the editor,
after reading it, thought it was practical
| joke appropriate to the day. Until he had
Mr.. Clemens's positive assurance that it was
genuine thing and heard the story of how
the compilation was made from the lips of
the lady who made it, he could scarcely be-
leve that there was so much unconscious
humor in the world. Mr.. Clemens read ex-
tracts from the book at the Authors Readings
in Boston for the benefit of the Longfellow
Memorial Fund, and DR.. Holmes, who sat
upon the platform and who was wholly I'M
prepared for what was coming, laughed till
the tears rolled down his cheeks to hear him
self described by well-meaning, but alto
gether inaccurate school. boy, as ga proAigate
and amusing author" while the clergymen in
the audience joined in the laugh created by
the remark of similar boy that there are 6
great many donkeys in theological gardens
The little book from which Mr.. Clemens
made these extracts was success before
Messrs. Cassell g. Company published it, fol
its audience was waiting impatiently for it
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and were designed by Mrs. Wheeler and madl
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